ARTSBEAT; Van Cliburn Is Ill

By DANIEL J. WAKIN

Published: August 28, 2012

Van Cliburn, who famously triumphed at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, has "advanced bone cancer," a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Mr. Cliburn, 78, is undergoing treatment and "resting comfortably at home" in Fort Worth, where he is receiving around-the-clock care, said the spokeswoman, Mary Lou Falcone.">

The pianist Van Cliburn, who famously triumphed at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, has "advanced bone cancer," a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Mr. Cliburn, 78, is undergoing treatment and "resting comfortably at home" in Fort Worth, where he is receiving around-the-clock care, said the spokeswoman, Mary Lou Falcone.

He was diagnosed in the past 10 days, she said. Ms. Falcone did not specify the treatment. Mr. Cliburn was in New York in May to deliver a lecture at the New York Public Library and for the auctioning by Christie's of furniture, jewelry and artworks in his collection and of his family piano.

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Van Cliburn, who famously triumphed at the International Tchaikovsky Competition in Moscow in 1958, has "advanced bone cancer," a spokeswoman said on Monday.

Mr. Cliburn, 78, is undergoing treatment and "resting comfortably at home" in Fort Worth, where he is receiving around-the-clock care, said the spokeswoman, Mary Lou Falcone.">